At the presentation on Saturday in Italy at the castle of Desenzano, the Gazprom-Rusvelo team took the opportunity to unveil its new colors for the 2017 season.

There will be no major changes in the kit as the riders will wear a blue jersey and black shorts. 

Deputy general director for communications of Gazprom export LLC Ilya Kochevrin said:

"Gazprom – RusVelo has three main pillars: professionalism, technology and striving to win. We respect that fact that nowadays it’s the only team in the professional peloton which consists only of Russian riders. We want to wish them successful races next season and to be the number one team for all the fans and supporters of Russian cycling."
 
"We’ve spent a great season and reached almost everything that we planned before. Last season helped us to understand the main direction for further improvement. Having such a sponsor like Gazprom and our technical partners, we have everything today to keep going towards our goals. Everyday hard work is the only path to become better, we think not only about short term goals, but also about new olympic cycle," addedGazprom – RusVelo GM Renat Khamidulin.

The team had a good 2016 season with seven victories, including a time trial win for Alexander Foliforov in the Giro. With the demise of Tinkoff and the change of nationality for Katusha,Gazprom will be the only Russian team in the first two divisions.

For 2017, they have signed Katsuha riders Anton Vorboyev, Dmitry Kozontchuk, Alexander Porsev, Alexey Tsatevich and Sergey Lagutin.

Full Gazprom – RusVelo roster for 2017:

Ildar Arslanov, Anton Vorobyev, Igor Boev, Pavel Brutt, Artur Ershov, Aidar Zakarin, Dmitry Kozonchuk, Sergey Lagutin, Roman Maikin, Sergey Nikolaev, Artem Nych, Artem Ovechkin, Alexander Porsev, Ivan Rovny, Alexey Rybalkin, Ivan Savitskiy, Kirill Sveshnikov, Andrey Solomennikov, Nikolay Trusov, Sergey Firsanov, Alexander Foliforov, Alexey Tsatevich, Evgeny Shalunov.